Nemo celebrated in hometown after riding storm

Five weeks after winning the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), Nemo celebrated in Biel on Monday evening. Nemo's Swiss hometown had organised the celebration on the packed Burgplatz. Do you want to read our weekly top stories? Subscribe here. The crowd welcomed Nemo with frenetic applause shortly after 7pm. “Every morning I walked past this square to school,” said Nemo, visibly moved. “And now you are all here because of me. It could just be a very absurd dream.” Nemo once attended the Biel music school, which had prepared a medley for the celebration. While Nemo mingled with the audience, children sang lines from the song The Code with which Nemo won the largest international music competition on May 11. It was only the third Swiss victory in the ESC. Mayor Erich Fehr described Nemo as a “typical child of Biel”. His enormous talent had been evident many years ago. But expectations have been exceeded. Fehr said he had never seen such a parade on the castle square. His speech was ...